This episode covers a few recent posts and controversies. I discuss AI, Aristotle, and what it means to be Human; the EthnoNarcissistic Abusive Relationship between whites and blacks and how the magic spell seems to be breaking around certain one-sided taboos; and how Texas Governor Gregory Q. “Hotwheels” Abbott has heroically left his wheelchair to stand with Israel (but not Texas).
Man vs AI and what it means to be human…
Check out More Than Just Autocomplete: What Anthropic’s New Paper Reveals About AI by Tree of Woe, which discusses what appears to be a major breakthrough in AI learning. After reading his post, it made me think about Aristotle’s conception of Human Nature that served as the basis for much of his ethics, and which has influenced the development of Western thought ever since . . . Maybe that understanding was incomplete? Maybe there is more than Reason that makes us Human? (I am also r…
